§ Mr. VazTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many and what percentage of(a) High Court judges, (b) district judges, (c) magistrates, (d) recorders and (e) adjudicators are (i) black and (ii) Asian. [11392]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonThe following tables give the recorded breakdown for judicial officers in post at each level of the judiciary requested on the dates indicated.
Table 1: Judiciary as at 1 October 2001 1 October 2001 Total Black Asian High Court Judges 105 0 0 Percentage of total 100 0.0 0.0 Recorders 1,322 17 15 Percentage of total 100 1.3 1.1 District Judges (including Family Division) 407 0 6 Percentage of total 100 0.0 1.5 Deputy District Judges (including Family Division) 802 4 6 Percentage of total 100 0.5 0.8 District Judges (Magistrates' Court)1 95 0 2 Percentage of total 100 0.0 2.1 Deputy District Judges (Magistrates' Courts)1 164 3 4 Percentage of total 100 1.8 2.4 Immigration Adjudicators (Full time) 72 4 5 Percentage of total 100 5.6 6.9 Immigration Adjudicators (Part time) 398 13 19 Percentage of total 100 3.3 4.8 1 On 31 August 2000 Stipendiary Magistrates and Acting Stipendiary Magistrates were renamed District Judges (Magistrates' Courts) and Deputy District Judges (Magistrates' Courts) respectively.
Tables 2 and 3: Lay Magistrates as at 1 April 2001 1 April 2001 Total Black Asian Lay Magistrates, England and Wales (excluding Duchy of Lancaster) 24,771 490 598 Percentage of total 100 2.0 2.4
Table 3 1 April 2001 Total Black Asian Lay Magistrates (Duchy of Lancaster) 3,964 52 128 Percentage of total 100 1.3 3.2